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Indians exercised their $12 million option on 1B/DH Carlos Santana.

Santana registered a cool .865 OPS with 34 home runs and 87 RBI in 158 regular-season games this season for Cleveland before slugging three home runs in the playoffs. $12 million is a bargain for his brand of power bat. Santana can become a free agent next November. He turns 31 years old next April. Nov 3 - 1:24 PM

Carlos Santana went 1-for-4 with an RBI single and a walk in Wednesday's loss to the Cubs in Game 7 of the World Series.

The Indians largely struggled on offense early, but Santana was involved in two of their notable rallies. In the third inning, he picked up an RBI single to temporarily knot the score at 1-1. He next made his presence felt in the fifth, drawing a two-out walk against Kyle Hendricks. Hendricks would exit the game after issuing that free pass, while Santana would eventually come around to score on a Jon Lester wild pitch. The score sat at a manageable 5-3 disadvantage after five innings. The Cubs would score once more on a David Ross solo homer before Cleveland came roaring back to tie with three runs in the eighth inning. They would ultimately fall after allowing two runs to the Cubbies in the 10th inning. Nov 3 - 1:04 AM

Carlos Santana clubbed three hits including a solo homer Saturday in the Indians' win over the Cubs in Game 4 of the World Series.

Terry Francona made a tough choice by benching Mike Napoli for Santana at first base. Santana responded by having his best game of the postseason. He gave the Indians’ their first run of the night on a mammoth blast to right field in the second inning. Santana continued the carnage with two more base hits including an infield single that almost decapitated left-hander Mike Montgomery. Santana drew the start in left field on Friday and will probably be back there in Game 5 with Napoli returning to his normal post at first base. Oct 30 - 12:00 AM

Carlos Santana is starting in left field and batting leadoff for the Indians on Friday in Game 3 of the World Series.

Santana has played just one game in the outfield in the majors and that was back in 2012. He's shagged flies the last few days and evidently looked comfortable enough that the Indians are willing to take a hit on defense in order to keep his bat in the lineup. The Tribe's full batting order is as follows: Santana LF, Jason Kipnis 2B, Francisco Lindor SS, Mike Napoli 1B, Jose Ramirez 3B, Lonnie Chisenhall RF, Coco Crisp LF, Roberto Perez C, Tyler Naquin CF, Josh Tomlin P. Oct 28 - 3:57 PM

Depth Charts

Michael Brantley (shoulder) is slated to resume swinging a bat in late December.

Brantley had a lost 2016 season following a pair of shoulder surgeries, but the hope is that he's ready for the beginning of spring training. Still, he has to be considered a major question mark heading into 2017.

Cody Anderson underwent an arthroscopic debridement of his right elbow on Wednesday.

Anderson is expected to begin throwing in eight weeks and should be fine for the start of spring training next February, though he'll face an uphill battle for an Opening Day roster spot after registering a rough 6.68 ERA and 1.62 WHIP across 60 2/3 innings (nine starts, 10 relief appearances) for the Indians in 2016. Maybe the elbow was to blame.